Based on recent conversations with actors who are just starting out, there seems to be some confusion out there about acting schools, workshop companies, and teachers. There were a few issues in particular that kept coming up, so I’d like to address those right now.
Acting Schools Are a Business Make no mistake about it, every acting school in the world, even the famous ones, has to generate income so it can stay in business. And where does that money come from? Students. Logic would dictate they need to have a lot of students if they want to make a lot of money.
This is something you should keep in mind when you sign up for classes at a school run by a famous teacher who wrote a book and spends a lot of time traveling the country giving expensive seminars. You see, before you can actually study with that teacher, you’ll have to make your way through a gauntlet of other instructors who will accept any student who writes a check. And then at some point, if all goes well, you might be asked to join or audition for a master class with the big cheese.
To be clear, I’m not suggesting these schools are a long con. Some of the teachers who work there are quite good. I just
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